Artificial minnow



Nov. 28, 1939. v. H. WILSON ARTIFICIAL NIIINNOW Filed July 7, 1938 lnvenim K/f /7l *0/7 By 2mm A tiorneys Patented Nov. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I ARTIFICIAL MINNOW Vernon H. Wilson, Olympia, Wash. Application July 7, 1933, Serial No. 218,007

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to fish lures and has for its primary object to provide an article of this character in the form of an artificial minnow having the hook attached to the line and connected to the minno'w by spring clips by means of which the hooks will become released from the minnow upon a fish striking the same whereby to prevent the utilization of the minnow for leverage purposes by the fish in a manner tending to cause the'bending or breaking of the hook.

A further object is to provide an article of this character in which the lure is slidably positioned on the line and possessing sufllcient buoyancy to cause the lure to slide upwardly along the line-when released from the hook.

A still further object is to provide an article of this character of simple and practical con struction, which is eflicient and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the de-' tails of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which-'- Figure 1 is a side, elevational view, and Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Referring now to' the drawing in detail, the

numeral 5 designates a fish lure in the form of a. cylindrical plug which is tapered at one end as at 6 and formed with an inwardly extending s'ubstantially'V-cut I at its opposite end in simula-- tion of the jaws of a fish, the plug at its outer surface, immediately adjacent said notch I being provided with an imitation eye 8. The plug is formed with a longitudinally extending bore 9 within which a tubular guide In is fitted for receiving a fish-line II, the ends of'the guide being rolled as at l2 to remove any sharp cutting edges thereon.

The plug 5 is preferably formed. of buoyant ma-' terial, such as cork, wood or the like, and-to its underside is secured a pair of metal plates ll held in position by screws I4 and which also serve to secure one end of a spring clip to each of the the line.

plates IS. The clips I! preferably open in a direction toward the rear of the lure and are adapted to releasably receive the eyes l6 of fish-hooks l1. The'line II is extended through the guide I!) from the'front end of the plug to the rear 8 end thereof, the line extending through the eye of the rear hook l8 and attached to the eye of the front hook I! as will be apparent from an inspection of Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing.

If desired, the plug may beprovided with a 10 suitable weight is embedded in theunderside thereof to enable the lure to be properly drawn through the water below the surface thereof.

In the operation of the device, as a fish strikes one of the hooks H or IS, the hooks will be released from the clips l3 enabling the plug 5 to slide upwardly along the line H and rise to the surface of the water, whereby to prevent the fish utilizing the plug as a leverage to bend or break cured to the under side of the plug, said clip hav- 3o ing an open end extending rearwardly, and a hook releasabiy carried by the clip and attached to said line, said hook being released when struck by a fish to free the plug for sliding movement on 2..A fish lure comprising an elongated plug having a V-notch at one end simulating the jaws of afish, a bore extending longitudinally of the plug, a tubular guide fitted in the bore having rolled ends preventing longitudinal movement of the guide in the plug and adapted to receive a fishline, a plurality of clips secured to the underside of the plug, said clips having open ends extending rearwardly, and fish hooks releasably secured to said clips and attached to the line, a

said hooks being released when struck by a fish to free the plug for sliding movement on the line.

VERNON H. WILSON. 

